Diapheridae
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Streptaxidae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Streptaxoidea
Streptaxoidea
Streptaxoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the Stylommatophora.- 2005 taxonomy :...

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Sutcharit et al. (2010) established the new family Diapheridae within the superfamily Streptaxoidea in 2010.

Genera

The family Diapheridae includes provisionally only two genera:
  • Diaphera
    Diaphera
    Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae.Diaphera is the type genus of the family Diapheridae.The genus Diaphera is generally poorly known.-Distribution:...

    Albers, 1850
  • Sinoennea
    Sinoennea
    Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae.-Distribution:The distribution of Sinoennea includes India, Indochina, China, Malaysian Peninsula in Malaysia, Sumatra, Japan and South Korea.-Species:Species in the genus Sinoennea...

    Kobelt, 1904
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